'''''Sarn''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).<ref name="silmap">{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''sarn''</ref><ref name=RC163>{{HM|RC}}, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature]]'')</ref> As an adjective it means "stony".<ref name=RC163/><ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775</ref>

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'''''sarn''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).<ref name="silmap">{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''sarn''</ref><ref name=RC163>{{HM|RC}}, p. 163 (manuscript notes to the ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature]]'')</ref> As an adjective it means "stony".<ref name=RC163/><ref>{{HM|N}}, p. 775</ref>

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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Probably from [[OS]] ''sarno'' (unattested), [[root]] [[SAR]]

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In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], [[Noldorin]] ''sarn'' ("stone as a material, or as adj.") derives from [[root]] [[SAR]].<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385</ref>

==Examples==

==Examples==

*[[Sarn Athrad]]

*[[Sarn Athrad]]

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Revision as of 23:20, 10 July 2011

sarn is a Sindarin word. As a noun it means "(small) stone" or "stony place" (outcrop of rock in softer ground, or in a river-bed).[1][2] As an adjective it means "stony".[2][3]